Parental leave is granted to parents, usually after maternity and paternity leave, allowing mothers and fathers to take care of their young children without losing their jobs. Such a policy exists in all EU Member States. The policy design and eligibility rules vary across the EU and not all women and men in the EU…
SKILLMAN NEWSLETTER WITH GENDER FOCUS The European Union is a global leader in gender equality: 14 of the top 20 countries worldwide on gender equality are the EU Member States. Thanks to robust equal treatment legislation and jurisprudence, efforts to mainstream the gender perspectives into different policy areas, and laws to address particular inequalities, the…
SKILLMAN NEWSLETTER WITH GENDER FOCUS Gender Equality: what do you personally know about it? 21st century: hundreds of conventions, thousands of bills (or shall we say recommendations?) about gender equality are being put in place, but have we really achieved the purpose?If we only take into consideration the European context, the Gender Equality Index score…
Youth is the time of life full of promise, aspiration and energy. Between childhood and adulthood, youth is when men and women are most eager to strike out to secure their futures and to contribute to their families, communities and societies. This stage of life is crucial in determining young peoples’ paths to achieving productive…
Equality between men and women in the world workforce is still a matter of concern. Despite the fact that women represent just over 50% of the population internationally, in no country do they even approach 50% in managerial positions, or in any industry. According to the United Nations, the percentages of women in positions of…
Children at a young age (2-6 years) have not yet developed the ability to evaluate criteria and make choices, obviously we are not talking about whether they prefer to drink water or juice or if they like chocolate more than lentils, we refer to things and situations that in the future will develop the children…
During the last two decades much has been written about gender issues in foreign language textbooks Most studies concern the textbook language itself (i.e. features of vocabulary and grammar which discriminate against one of the sexes) and the textbook content (i.e. portrayal of the two sexes with respect to their visibility, jobs, personality, relations and…
We would like to sheare with you this very inspiring article regarding the WOMEN THAT CROSSED THE BORDERS IN AREAS OF SPORTS writen by one of our partners ASTERI, Awareness for Sports Training Environment Research & Internet . ASTERI made an interesting research regarding the constant battle Men vs Women. Women vs Men that takes place…
In a society where gender equality is constitutionally enshrined and displayed as an educational policy objective, it attempts to examine if school textbookimages respond to the demands of social reality, or perpetuate outdated gender stereotyped educational practices. Read more details regarding the gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in…
Lets talk today about the linguistic Sexism. In the following article made by INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS , is analyzed the evolution of the language and presence of the sexism in it. Until recently, Biology explained the socially “normal”, in the Social Sciences as well. The biological difference (and the different anatomical…
